Internet Content (adult social network) Filtering
By Abhilash Sonwane
”To companies and schools, proxy sites are a red flag. It could be a security threat becoming an entry point for malware, it could be a data leakage point or it could mean users accessing social networking sites or downloading streaming audio-video rather than be on work. Then theres the threat of legal liability, because ultimately it is your company or school that is legally liable for any misdemeanors by the users from within the internal network.
Weve covered this threat in our latest version release 9.5.4.66 with HTTPS URL filtering. Cyberoam now blocks web-based proxies and malicious websites hosted over SSL. Plus it gives detailed reporting of all activity on the HTTPS protocol with the username and the blocked attempts. You can check the user and view all the proxy sites accessed by him / her. Or check the other way round. You can pick a particular proxy site and look for all the users who have accessed the site.
SSL tunnels hide user activity and the result is anonymous surfing. Originally meant for students who set out to bypass school content filters, today it is a larger threat to corporate networks too. Trouble is users can access practically any blocked website through web-based proxies, bypassing existing content filters. They enter the innocuous URL of a proxy site and once on the site, they can access webmail, IM, P2P, streaming media, social networking and much more all the stuff that is banned or controlled in organizations for fear of security threats.
Well, the sites that the employee or student has accessed may install drive-by malware downloads, the user might upload sensitive information, or visit sites that could bring on legal liability to the company. Regulatory compliances remain unfulfilled in such cases, security and productivity are under threat, bandwidth could become scarce and whats more, there are no logs to prove that the user has accessed unwelcome sites so there goes forensics.
So how does Cyberoam secure against web-based proxy access? 3 ways in which it does it
Cyberoam has categorized known proxy sites under the category URL Translation Sites. With proxy sites increasing each day, its site database is constantly being updated to include them. But considering the rate at which they spawn, this does leave some new uncategorized ones out there at a given point in time. So if there are some that you come across that are being accessed from your network, for an instant fix, the first thing you should do is add them to your custom site category list. At the same time, submitting the URL to our WebCat team through http://csc.cyberoam.com/cyberoamsupport/webpages/webcat/webcathome.jsp would ensure the sites addition to the Cyberoam database and would be available in the regular updates.
Cyberoam also validates the SSL certificate to filter out HTTPS URLs. What you need to do is enable certificate-based categorization for HTTPS from Internet Access Policy. You can update your default access policy for all users or if you want to block HTTPS URLs for a particular user, attach it to the particular username. This will block attempts to bypass the web content filter and sites hosted on SSL.
Now suppose, you see significant or consistent access to a particular blocked site via proxy sites and you would like to block access through any proxy site. IPS signature allows you to create signatures for these specific sites. Lets say you want to block www.sex.com whichever proxy is being used to access it. In either case, create an IPS signature for the site and apply it to the firewall rule. And you can assign the policy to a particular user, or a group or create a blanket policy for the entire organization. That does the blocking.
Theres more to version 9.5.4.66, but considering the importance proxy-based surfing holds to organizational security, I felt its best to take the rest in a separate post. But to give you a brief on what more has come out Cyberoam site categories have gone up to 82 and the additions are all to do with the latest trends in Internet surfing. And then theres visibility of documents uploaded over HTTP youd know the user who has done the uploading. The full release is on http://www.cyberoam.com/versionrelease.html”
“Abhilash Sonwane is the Vice President of Product Management, Cyberoam. For more information on Cyberoam, visit these pages -
http://www.cyberoam.com/firewall.html
http://www.cyberoam.com/idp.html”
How To Use Information Recovery Products More Efficiently
By Mathew Petrenko
The most terrible thing for any computer operator is to lose the data which has been gathered for several years or even longer. So is it probable to recover all the lost info? Dont give way to despair as in most instances the lost data can be recovered without difficulties by means of data recovery.
The HDD is a device which is included into the structure of PC and that is intended to save the needed data on its surface. For the well-skilled users that is not a secret that it is not so difficult to lose the information that is placed on the HDD. If you have been working with PC for significant term you might have faced such complexity as there are no eternal mechanisms. So if you have some really important information on the HDD it will be better for you to purchase some disks and use them to save your info and not to use hard drive recovery tools.
Usually the HDD is separated on several parts and sometimes you can lose not just a piece of information, but entire partition as an outcome of unintentional formatting of the partition. But even in such instance the lost data may be recovered if you havent overwritten such. Every file is stored not as an entire piece as that is separated between a lot of little clusters. It is difficult to control the area which is utilized to save new data, so it is nicer just not to record any information at all.
You may resort to usage of some programming techniques of solving of this program, but it is difficult to use the program which even has no interface. The level of efficiency of such software was believed to be high but if we compare such software with some modern programs we can find that the difference is actually considerable. The most significant complexity of the old data recovery is they cannot recover any information if the modern file system is used on current partition. That is really important feature of the software as some of people have to recover the data which is stored by usage of FAT 16, FAT 32 and NTFS systems.
Using any searching engine you may easily get a lot of offers of recovery programs. Now you need to choose the appropriate one. There are some features you should pay attention on when performing the comparison of the recovery software. The software ought to be really workable, so you may search some opinions of other clients that tried the use of the software. Visit the official site of the software developer and find more information about this software product. Getting a trial version you can see the interface of the program and try its usage easily. In case all the things written above grant your demands see the cost for the program and find some info about support system proposed by the developer.
Take into consideration that information costs much, so the price for the recovery tools may be considerable. Be thorough when searching for the program and take into consideration all the propositions as there are even some instances when the same program is sold at various prices.
One of the major issues about hard drive recovery is efficient and original tool that can save your data. The worldwide web presents you a huge choice of programs. Data recovery software is indeed executed by one mouse click, so read the up-to-date report to be aware of the helpful information restore program there is.
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How To Start Making Money on the Internet For Newbies - A Self-Help Guide
By Jason Bo Han
Have you ever heard of your friends/colleagues/relatives talk or share about how to start making money on the Internet?
Whatever your response to that maybe, at this point in time while you are reading this article, I would like to assure you that some dummy out there (just like you and me) is making some money at this very moment.
Besides the high-profile Internet marketers whom you read about earning millions of dollars every year, they sound too good to be true and more like a fairy-tale. Well, it’s not unusual to feel that way as you are not alone.
However, people often overlook the fact that these successful Internet marketers did not start off being a success story the moment they were born. They started off as ordinary individuals who started off with the intention of starting an online business to provide them with an additional source of income to supplement their expenses.
There were so many occasions which these very people actually wanted to give up on the idea of making money online totally. Why is that so? As you have guessed, they are completely clueless on how to start making money on the Internet and they feel they are going nowhere.
The good news is that the “Never Say Die” attitude and enduring human spirit triumphs! They strive on and kept on trying different things until something worked. And Wala! Things start to change for the better and “WHAM”, the rest is history.
You see, anyone (regardless of education level, race or religion) can start making money on the Internet, but not everyone wants to believe that Internet is actually the best tool invented for this purpose.
Your success in making money online is almost always determined by how much you want to take action today and grab this opportunity which maybe a life-changing experience.
So how to start making money on the Internet and what do we need?
Presenting to you the Newbie Formula:
1) An Internet Connection
2) A Laptop/Desktop
3) YOU!
Are you sure that’s all required? It must be a joke!
Well, of course that’s not all. You still need to have a winner’s attitude. You see, whenever I visit Internet marketing forums, I always hear comments similar to the following…
“Hey, I have been trying this out for 2 weeks! How come I am not making any money?”
“Help please! Is Internet marketing a scam? After 2 months, I still did not make any sales! I am going to quit.”
Now, let me tell you the truth. Do you know when did I make my first sale? Well, I did not remember wrongly, it was my 16th month in Internet marketing. Thank goodness! I did not give up. If not, I will never be able to taste my first victory.
If you are really serious about making money on the Internet, ask yourself this question, “Do you have the winner mindset?”
If your answer is yes, “WELCOME”.
How To Start Making Money on the Internet?
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